Small glass beads and brass beads, dyed porcupine feathers, cotton and polyester cloth, and tendons embellish this Sioux leather cloak around 1900, made by Julia Jordan, Oglala for her daughter Mary Julia. It brought $37,500 from an American museum, the highest price in this auction.

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Dallas-On December 2, Heritage Auctions' Ethnographic Art, American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Signature® auction showcased art from America and Africa to a global audience, with a total turnover of US$1,051,585.

"I think the auction is doing very well. During the auction, we only passed two Native American lots," said Delia Sullivan, a senior expert on Native American, tribal and ethnographic art at Heritage Auctions.

One of the highlights of this auction is three pieces of Sioux beaded leather garments-a cloak, a pair of gauntlets and a vest-and a beaded red wool tablecloth, all of which come from the family of Julia Jordan, who is the chief of Red Cloud. A member of the Oglara Whole Blood Band (1857-1913), they made them for her daughter Mary Julia. Jordan is the wife of Charles P. Jordan. Charles P. Jordan is the Indian agent and co-owner of JA Anderson of Jordan Mercantile in the Rosebud Reserve.

Jordan's beadwork was worn in Indian performances and exhibited at fairs in Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and Cincinnati. The beaded leather cape made around 1900 won the highest honor at auction, and the final price was $37,500. A bidder brought home a pair of gauntlets and matching vest for $2,500. Jordan’s red wool tablecloth measures 52¼ x 48¼ inches and is related to a piece in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian; it is believed to be worked by the same hand and realized $11,875. An American institution bought the cloak and tablecloth.

The catalog entry for the early 20th-century Sarapasu mask from the Democratic Republic of the Congo states that it is “considered one of the most important masks of its kind” and further outlines three publications and two museum exhibitions, both of which are Has its characteristics. Its sources include Bernard de Grunne, a private New York City and Belgian tribal and African art dealer. It was only 33 inches tall and brought $31,250 from a European buyer, which was the second highest price in this auction.

Other masks are also facing great interest from bidders from Africa or other regions. The Kuba mask from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from the mid to late 19th century, from two French collections and one in New York, priced at $9,375, the same price as the Biwat mask from the Yuat River in Papua New Guinea. It was once sold by Dres, Germany. Collection of the Ethnographic Museum in Ston.

Small size, big price. This Diquis gold figure pendant from Costa Rica is 3¼ inches high and weighs 108 grams (about a quarter of a pound). It was sold between 700 and 1400 AD for 25,000 US dollars from a private American collector.

Works from the pre-Columbian period also occupies a place on the list. Approximately 700-1400 CE Diquis gold figure pendants from Costa Rica received $25,000 from a private American collector. This figure is only 3¼ inches high and weighs 108 grams. It was processed by Enrique Vargas Alfaro and the auction catalog described it as Andre Emmerich and Morton D. May , Frederick and Jan Mayer (Frederick and Jan Mayer), and William C and Carol W. W. (Carol W. Thibodeau. He also helped Smithsonian’s American Indian Nation The museum, the Denver Museum of Art and the Michael C. Carlos Museum have placed works. He was an archaeologist, geologist, ethnologist, and explorer Anastasio Alfaro (1865-1951) His grandson is also a board member of the National Museum of Costa Rica and the author of Antigüedades en Costa Rica (1892).

A similar vintage is the Calima gold disc bra from Colombia with an abstract face in the middle. It is 7 inches in diameter, weighs 160 grams (about one-third of a pound), and comes with a certificate of authenticity, and it brings in $15,000.

A pair of Peruvian Chimu mosaic earrings made of shells, turquoise and other stones were displayed in the 2016 exhibition entitled "Weaving and the Social World: 3000 Years of Ancient Andean Textiles" at the Yale University Art Museum. Between 1100 and 1400 AD, they brought 20,000 US dollars.

The same Yale exhibition also showed Bolivia’s Tiahuanaco carved stone beaker or kero, a form used for feast ceremonies, for drinking chicha or corn beer. Only 5 inches tall, it is carved with a radiant face believed to represent the main deity of Tiahuanaco, possibly the sun god. The beaker was considered to be of very good quality, and an excellent result of $11,563 was achieved.

Early examples of weaving were led by the intricate Peruvian Chimu or Lambayeque ceremonial textiles woven from camelid fibers with five square panels, stylized figures in the temple, and many tassels throughout. Considered to be in very good condition, it was professionally installed on a 34 x 52 inch velvet-covered frame; the closing price was $12,500.

This Navajo sand painting rug measures 111 x 80 inches. It was made from native hand-spun wool with aniline dye around 1925 and sold for US$21,250.

A Taino from the Dominican Republic sits very well, earning $18,750. Dating from the end of the 15th century to the middle of the 17th century, the carved iron and wood statues embody the cycle of life and death, and are characterized by bones and masculinity. Wilfred Belmar collected this work in the 1930s, as well as some of the other lots in the auction; they have remained with his family since his death in 1980. Radiocarbon 14 analysis confirmed its age and was further reviewed in 2015 by Tylenol scholar Dr. William Kegan and Florida Dr. John F. Scott. The character was exhibited at the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville, Arkansas, and has been cited in no less than four publications.

This auction exhibited more than two dozen Native American baskets. The price of this subcategory was US$23,750. Among them, the Yokuts with a lid made by Mary Sampson in the late 19th century were decorated with colored baskets. The price of 23,750 USD leads. The complete line of origin from 1913 was accompanied by sedge, bracken root, and bauhinia baskets, which were purchased by George Hume of Sanger, California, and passed to his family in Phoenix, Arizona. A large coiled storage tank with Western Apache pictures, made from willow, devil's claw, and dyed yucca around 1900, sold for $20,000. This 23.5-inch diameter jar has passed several hands, including two Sotheby's auctions (1985 and 2009), two New York City collections and a Santa Fe gallery.

In the category of Native American pottery, San Ildefonso pottery is the most powerful competitor. A red porcelain jar with a lid from 1965-70 sold for US$20,625, and a red porcelain bear from 1969 sold for US$13,750. Both were produced by Tony Da (1940-2008). The results of the other three works by the ceramist are slightly more moderate: an engraved red pot for 8,750 dollars, an oval black pot for 4,250 dollars, and 4,000 dollars for one of the two black hornos he has known to make.

Heritage Auctions next Ethnographic Art American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Signature® auction is tentatively scheduled to be held on July 8.

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